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1964 Map of Harrisville

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Harrisville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Harrisville serves as the focal point of this Ritchie County landscape, showing the town's grid and essential facilities like the High School, Filtration Plant, and Sewage Disposal system. The surrounding topography is defined by the winding course of the North Fork Hughes River, which cuts through a terrain dense with industrial activity. The region is heavily marked by energy extraction, with extensive Oil Wells and a Compressor Station scattered across ridges like Victory Ridge and Ohio Ridge.

Transportation and recreation are prominent near the western edge, where North Bend State Park borders the Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor near Cornwallis. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of numerous rural landmarks, including Victory Church, Riddles Chapel, and family-named sites such as Moyers Cemetery and Morris Cemetery. Smaller settlements like Washburn, Hannahdale, and Cokeleys provide a look at the distribution of community life across the Clay, Grant, Union, and Murphy districts during the mid-1960s.